Badminton: Mixed doubles defeat ends Malaysia's Denmark Open campaign

ODENSE: Malaysia's challenge is all over at the Danisa Denmark Open with the defeats of Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie and Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying.

Soon Huat-Shevon bowed out tamely with a 11-21, 14-21 defeat to Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the quarter-finals at the Odense Sports Centre on Friday.

It was their third defeat in seven meetings against the Thais.

Earlier, Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying went down fighting 14-21, 21-17, 12-21 to South Koreans Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yujung in the second round.

Denmark's Anders Antonsen continued his superb run by beating Huang Yuxiang of China 21-14, 13-21, 22-20 to reach the men's singles semi-finals. En route to the semis, the 21-year-old has beaten Shi Yuqi of China and compatriot Viktor Axelsen.

He takes on Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan while the other semi-final will be between Kento Momota of Japan and defending champion K. Srikanth.